Lead levels of certain consumer products in Nigeria: A case study of smoked fish foods from Abeokuta

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1463-1468

  Adekunle, I M ^a,b   Akinyemi, M F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric exposure; Environment; Fish foods; Lead

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; LEAD;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGHWAY; MARKET; MOTOR VEHICLE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH PRODUCTS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; LEAD; NIGERIA; SMOKE;

EID: 3042518885     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2004.04.007     Document Type: Article

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